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Spanish and British scientists design new blood test to identify aggressive prostate cancer

Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid, along with British colleagues from the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, have developed a test that studies genetic patterns in blood cells to detect advanced-stage prostate cancer.

10 Oct 2012

MSF launches online 'Patent Opposition Database'

"The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has launched an online resource to help civil society and patient groups in developing countries challenge unwarranted drug patents," an MSF press release reports.

10 Oct 2012

Study to explore how mobile technology use can improve coordination in perioperative services

Three Clemson University professors have received $797,066 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate how the use of mobile technology can improve coordination in perioperative services.

10 Oct 2012

Keynote speaker on reimbursement for new medicines

Delegates at the largest annual biotech industry gathering in the Asia-Pacific will hear about delays to new medical treatments because of the slow processing of government funding approvals. In many countries, governments pay at least part of the cost of medicines and treatments. However, there is growing concern that delays in funding decisions could mean fewer new medicines are developed in the future.

10 Oct 2012

New rating system to focus on patient data provided by electronic health records

HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is developing a rating system for the growing amount of health information directed at patients. The agency's Health Information Rating System, discussed in a Federal Register posting, will focus especially on patient data provided by electronic health records.

10 Oct 2012

Boston Scientific initiates enrollment in Lotus Valve System clinical trial for aortic valve disease

Boston Scientific has enrolled the first patient in the REPRISE II clinical trial to evaluate the safety and performance of the Lotus Valve System in up to 120 patients with severe aortic valve disease.

10 Oct 2012

Regulatory approval service for hydroxyapatite users and manufacturers in the medical device industry launched by Ceram

Ceram, the international materials technology company, has launched a Regulatory Approval Service, designed to help hydroxyapatite users and manufacturers in the medical device industry gain FDA acceptance of their 510(k) submission.

10 Oct 2012

New screening method may lead to more efficient RNA drug development

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a new method of screening more than three million combinations of interactions between RNA and small molecules to identify the best targets on RNA as well as the most promising potential drug compounds.

10 Oct 2012

Organ Care System safe and feasible for lung transplant patients

The Lancet has published the initial series of successful lung transplants demonstrating the feasibility and safety of using the Organ Care System (OCS) Lung technology, at Hannover Medical School and Puerta de Hierro Hospital Madrid.

10 Oct 2012

EHRs enhance quality of patient care in community-based settings

A new study by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, provides compelling evidence that electronic health records (EHRs) enhance the quality of patient care in a community-based setting with multiple payers, which is representative of how medicine is generally practiced across the United States.

10 Oct 2012

Salivary-biomarker approach can identify individuals at future risk of PTSD, depression

Each year, more than a million Americans are at-risk of developing serious mental health problems after experiencing a terrifying event or serious physical injury. Once manifested, these psychiatric illnesses, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, can be extremely crippling and difficult to treat and are a leading cause of disability in civilian, military and minority populations.

10 Oct 2012

ProteoWizard Toolkit interprets multi-platform mass spectrometry data

The world's leading mass spectrometer manufacturers have agreed to license technology that enabled University of Southern California (USC) researchers to develop software that, for the first time, allows scientists to easily use and share research data collected across proprietary platforms.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 10 Oct 2012

Mayo Medical Laboratories launches mobile test catalog and reference apps

Mayo Medical Laboratories is introducing two comprehensive mobile applications for iPhones and iPads, allowing physicians and pathologists unparalleled access to clinical laboratory expertise from Mayo Clinic.

10 Oct 2012

American Gastroenterological Association launches new electronic offerings

In order to best meet the needs of members, the American Gastroenterological Association has launched new electronic offerings to make it easier for busy health-care professionals to stay abreast of the latest research and news in gastroenterology while on the go.

10 Oct 2012

Soluble Therapeutics to introduce high-throughput second viral coefficient determination system

Birmingham-based Soluble Therapeutics, Inc, today announced the official launch of its high-throughput second viral coefficient determination system, HSC Technology, at the IBC BioProcess International Conference in Providence, RI October 8-12.

9 Oct 2012

New time-resolved multi-frame MRI technique can identify early-stage CAD

With the results of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers say they are closer to finding an imaging technique that can identify thickening of the coronary artery wall, an early stage of coronary heart disease (CAD). The study is published online in the journal Radiology.

9 Oct 2012

Human-detecting sensor technology can detect even minute movements like breathing

OKI recently developed a human-detecting sensor technology capable of distinguishing between large movements (for example, a person walking about a room) to minute movements like breathing.

9 Oct 2012

Uniquest, Aquavit Life Sciences announce MOU to form Alliance Partnership

Aquavit Life Sciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aquavit Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announces together with Uniquest Corporation (KOSPI: 077500) a Memorandum Of Understanding to form an Alliance Partnership for the development, registration and manufacturing of Aquavit Pharmaceuticals' PITO-001.

9 Oct 2012

New blood test can read genetic changes in prostate cancer

Scientists have designed a blood test that reads genetic changes like a barcode - and can pick out aggressive prostate cancers by their particular pattern of gene activity.

9 Oct 2012

Maths-based tool can quantify the spread and infectiousness of viruses

Mathematicians have developed a powerful tool to quantify the spread and infectiousness of viruses like the pandemic H1N1 flu strain, which can be used together with modern laboratory techniques to help the healthcare system plan its response to disease outbreaks.

9 Oct 2012

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Spanish and British scientists design new blood test to identify aggressive prostate cancer

MSF launches online 'Patent Opposition Database'

Study to explore how mobile technology use can improve coordination in perioperative services

Keynote speaker on reimbursement for new medicines

New rating system to focus on patient data provided by electronic health records

Boston Scientific initiates enrollment in Lotus Valve System clinical trial for aortic valve disease

Regulatory approval service for hydroxyapatite users and manufacturers in the medical device industry launched by Ceram

New screening method may lead to more efficient RNA drug development

Organ Care System safe and feasible for lung transplant patients

EHRs enhance quality of patient care in community-based settings

Salivary-biomarker approach can identify individuals at future risk of PTSD, depression

ProteoWizard Toolkit interprets multi-platform mass spectrometry data

Mayo Medical Laboratories launches mobile test catalog and reference apps

American Gastroenterological Association launches new electronic offerings

Soluble Therapeutics to introduce high-throughput second viral coefficient determination system

New time-resolved multi-frame MRI technique can identify early-stage CAD

Human-detecting sensor technology can detect even minute movements like breathing

Uniquest, Aquavit Life Sciences announce MOU to form Alliance Partnership

New blood test can read genetic changes in prostate cancer

Maths-based tool can quantify the spread and infectiousness of viruses

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